Having closed the government, President Trump chooses to pay civil servants' security guard wages
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has confirmed that federal immigration agents, US Border Patrol officers, FBI special agents and active duty military personnel will continue to receive paychecks during the government shutdown, even as hundreds of thousands of civilian federal workers are furloughed or working without pay.
This selective funding strategy provides an interesting insight into the Trump administration's philosophy, as the government shutdown approaches its fourth week, that prioritizes work that advances its key national security and immigration goals.
Policy analysts and eight federal employees interviewed by Reuters said the approach risks creating a two-tiered federal workforce divided by function, potentially undermining civilian public services that are being managed as the government shutdown continues.
Officials have also said the measures could weaken the entire government, at a time when Trump is relegating the nation's largest institutions to history.
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Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, said Trump has used the government shutdown, more than any other modern president, to prioritize paying some workers to carry out his agenda.He said his first attempt was to fire workers during the government shutdown.
"It seems to be a very subtle response to a government shutdown that's different than the years before and the years before," Zelizer said last year.
Trump signed an order last week directing the Pentagon to ensure the pay of the nation's 1.3 million active-duty troops.The government announced on October 15 that it would use the research and development funds spent to cover their salaries;it is not clear if the next payment will be made on November 1st.
The administration also created pay waivers for more than 70,000 law enforcement officers in the Department of Homeland Security, including Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Secret Service and the Transportation Security Administration.
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However, unpaid federal employees range from U.S. Army IT specialists to Social Security account managers to air traffic controllers.Traditionally, unpaid workers receive back pay after the shutdown ends, although Trump has threatened to eliminate that guarantee.
White House woman Abigail Jackson says the blame for any missed payments lies with Democrats.
"The Trump administration wants all federal workers to get paid — that's why we've called on Democrats to reopen the government," he said.
Employees will receive their first paycheck on Friday
All eight federal employees interviewed by Reuters said they supported the move to pay active duty troops, reflecting longstanding bipartisan support for prioritizing troops during the shutdown, based in part on national readiness.
However, the majority of interviewees may have expressed dissatisfaction with firefighter representatives and firefighter representatives.
"Anyone who works in a place that is concerned about the safety of others should pay," a security official at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport told Reuters.
The full impact of the shutdown will be felt by workers like Katrina Wynn, a laid-off IT worker at an Army base in Alabama, starting Friday, when hundreds of thousands of civilian federal workers will miss their first full paycheck after receiving partial pay two weeks earlier.
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As part of his press campaign, Trump officials have been slapped with thousands in federal court fees and temporary suspensions of government employees.
Union officials say they are also upset that only some workers are being paid, but have so far refrained from taking legal action on the issue, reflecting a reluctance to disrupt pay for some of their members.
"Forcing employees to work side by side to accomplish these missions and paying only some of them is deeply unfair and disrespectful to the work they do for this country," said Doreen Greenwald, president of the Treasury Department Employees Union, which represents 150,000 federal employees in more than 30 agencies, including Customs and Border Protection.
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In a statement to Reuters, the FBI said it considers all personnel critical to its mission and is "exploring options to pay for all personnel," without specifying possible funding sources.
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Democrats and presidential power experts question the legality of the government's diversion of funds beyond what Congress, which has the power to control government spending under the U.S. Constitution, has determined.
"Typically, we read the Constitution to say that Congress has authority over public finances," said Sarah Binder, a political science professor at George Washington University."There seems to be a question here of whether or not there is authority to move the money."
